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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

530 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND 

CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...



THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE FLOOD WATCH...

UPSON...JOHNSON...SCHLEY...BIBB...WILCOX...OCONEE...CLARKE...TROUP...

WILKES...HARRIS...TALBOT...LAMAR...JASPER...MACON...JEFFERSON...

WASHINGTON...MUSCOGEE...DOOLY...MORGAN...PUTNAM...GREENE...JONES...

HOUSTON...TREUTLEN...BLECKLEY...DODGE...STEWART...MERIWETHER...

GLASCOCK...WILKINSON...PULASKI...WHEELER...MONROE...EMANUEL...

BALDWIN...MONTGOMERY...TWIGGS...TELFAIR...TALIAFERRO...CRAWFORD...

TAYLOR...TOOMBS...WEBSTER...HANCOCK...PEACH...WARREN...SUMTER...

PIKE...CRISP...OGLETHORPE...MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND LAURENS.



A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF 

MEXICO. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH GEORGIA LATER THIS 

MORNING...THEN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE 

AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL 

GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA.   

THE FLOOD WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO 

FORSYTH TO MADISON TO ATHENS TO LEXINGTON.



A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN LARGER RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO

NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. THESE RISES ARE USUALLY DUE TO

EXCESSIVE RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. REMEMBER...A

WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS

FLOODED AREAS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA...FOR

LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS FLOOD

SITUATION.

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